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Jobs & commute in Leroy

Where Leroy earns its living

Hardly any stay in Leroy for work; outside it, Gary is the main destination (12%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 43% of workers, against 11% across Indiana. Leroy has 41 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

0 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
Indiana 12.3%
Unemployment
0.0%
Indiana 4.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 41 working residents
Work from home
43%
Indiana 11% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Leroy

On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

41live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night85
Workday44
85live here− 41head out to work+ 0come in to work= 44on a workday

About 44 people are in Leroy on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Leroy to work: where people go

Sauk Village: 1 residents work here (2%)Alsip: 1 residents work here (2%)Glen Ellyn: 1 residents work here (2%)Lockport: 1 residents work here (2%)Munster: 2 residents work here (5%)Valparaiso: 4 residents work here (10%)Portage: 2 residents work here (5%)Hobart: 2 residents work here (5%)Crown Point: 4 residents work here (10%)Gary: 5 residents work here (12%)LeroyGaryValparaisoCrown PointMunsterPortageHobartLeroy
1
Gary16.5 mi away
12%5
2
Valparaiso14.1 mi away
10%4
3
Crown Point5.2 mi away
10%4
4
Munster17.7 mi away
5%2
5
Portage16.5 mi away
5%2
6
Hobart10.7 mi away
5%2
7
Sauk Village, IL18 mi away
2%1
8
Alsip, IL32.3 mi away
2%1
9
Glen Ellyn, IL53.9 mi away
2%1
10
Lockport, IL42.5 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%18
The top trips

Where Leroy clocks in

12% of workers
16.5 mi awayGary5 Leroy residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
14.1 mi awayValparaiso4 Leroy residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
5.2 mi awayCrown Point4 Leroy residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Time on the road

Working from home in Leroy

Working from home
43%

of Leroy workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10
How Leroy gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 41 commuters (the 43% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Leroy

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miGary: 12% · 16.5 miValparaiso: 10% · 14.1 miCrown Point: 10% · 5.2 miMunster: 5% · 17.7 miPortage: 5% · 16.5 miHobart: 5% · 10.7 miSauk Village: 2% · 18 miAlsip: 2% · 32.3 miGlen Ellyn: 2% · 53.9 miLockport: 2% · 42.5 miGary 12%Valparaiso 10%Crown Point 10%Munster 5%Portage 5%Leroy
LeroyTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi9 residents
61%10–24 mi25 residents
7%25–50 mi3 residents
10%Over 50 mi4 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Leroy: questions

What is the poverty rate in Leroy?

0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Leroy work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gary (12%, 16 mi), Valparaiso (10%, 14 mi), Crown Point (10%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Leroy without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Leroy, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Leroy

Leroy home →
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.